BlackBerry Curve 8520

OS 5.0.0.592 for the BlackBerry Curve 8520 has been leaked and can be found online. There is no word on what is contained within 5.0.0.592, however, you can download it and find out for yourself if you are feeling adventurous.

Coming on the heels of the release of the Rogers BlackBerry Bold 9700, Rogers has cut the prices of the orginal BlackBerry Bold, the BlackBerry Curve 8900, and the BlackBerry Curve 8520. The prices for each are $99.99, $79.99, and $49.99 respectively. A three-year contract is required.

Research in Motion and Rogers today announced the availability of the BlackBerry Curve 8520. It will cost you $99.99 on any three-year combined data and voice service plan of $45 or more per month. Today the BlackBerry Curve 8520 is available from Rogers in Black, however, it will be available in violet in the coming weeks.

When carrier promotional materials start showing up for upcoming BlackBerry devices it is usually a telltale sign that the launch of the device is just around the corner. That being said, promotional materials for the Rogers BlackBerry Curve 8520 have started to show up in Rogers retail outlets.

For all of you BlackBerry theme developers that want to start creating BlackBerry themes for the Tour and the Curve 8520, Plazmic has updated Content Developer’s Kit 4.7 to support both devices. I am guessing that we will start seeing more BlackBerry Tour and Curve 8520 themes any minute now.

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 is now available on Vodafone UK for FREE! with select service plans. This isn’t the first free BlackBerry Curve 8520 that we’ve seen, however, it is the first one to be offered free by a major carrier. I wonder if we will see T-Mobile completely subsidize the price of their banded 8520 before too long?

Wal-Mart is pretty well known for making their own rules up in the retail world and it would appear that Aug. 2nd equals Aug. 5th when it comes to the T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8520 and you have them in stock.

Something is telling me the the BlackBerry Curve 8520, expected to be available this Wednesday, Aug 5th, will sell pretty well. Now, I will qualify this by saying the it will sell pretty well by T-Mobile standards, however, with a sub $50 price tag at Wal-Mart, this device should do well with tweens that want to get a cool phone, but, their parent’s won’t shell out the cash for an iPhone.